SleighLaw is one of Vermont’s leading criminal defense and personal injury law firms

Proven Advocates – Top Vermont Criminal Defense Lawyer With Over 30 Years of Experience

The team at SleighLaw is driven to tenaciously advocate for individuals against the powerful. With nearly four decades of experience and having tried hundreds of criminal and civil cases in the Courts of several States and Federal Courts, David Sleigh and the rest of the team bring their knowledge, experience and a track record of success to benefit every client.

The Defense Never Rests

Whether you’ve been charged with a crime or are fighting insurance companies in a personal injury case, we can help. A good lawyer is proactive and challenges the status quo–we’ll speak up for you.

Our Areas of Practice

Personal Injury

Civil Rights

DUI/DWI

Assaults

Sex Crimes

Domestic Assault

Arson

Embezzlement

State V. Tracy

Tracy, an African/American young man, was accused of raping a white 14-year-old at a local music festival. There was no admissible forensic evidence corroborating the alleged assault. Trial commenced in Caledonia County, but during the jury selection process, a...

State V. Root

In this DWI case, years of work challenging the Vermont State Lab’s prejudicial and biased breath/alcohol calculations finally hit pay dirt. It was well known that credible scientist would not rely on a single “average” metabolism rate when calculating a subject’s...

In Re: Abdul Zahir

On July 11, 2002, Abdul Zahir was detained by U.S. Forces in Afghanistan after a fellow villager accused him of working for the Taliban and foreign forces hostile to the Afghan government, including Osama Bin Ladin. When Zahir’s home was raided, three pressure cookers...

SleighLaw in the News

Prosecutor and defense attorney want to resume jury trials, but Orleans court still says no – VT Digger

by dev | Oct 24, 2021

This article was original posted here on VT Digger. -------------- State judiciary officials have said that the ongoing ban on Orleans County jury trials is because an engineer’s assessment found the court’s HVAC insufficient to reopen amid the current state of the...

High court rules against estate of inmate who died by suicide in Newport prison – VTDigger

by dev | Sep 17, 2021

David Sleigh, the Bittner estate's attorney, disputed the necessity of such a certificate. He argued that the alleged failure to transmit health information ...

Mother and Daughter May Go on Trial Together in Murder of Man – Law & Crime

by dev | Sep 13, 2021

David Sleigh, an attorney for Carmena Guttilla, did not stand in the way because neither woman was going to go against her co-defendant.

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